Example sentences of "[adv] expect [conj] the [adj] [noun] " in BNC.
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| 1 | It was widely expected that the formal ban on direct trade with the Soviet Union would be lifted in 1990 leaving only mainland China , Albania , Cuba and North Korea on the prohibited list . |
| 2 | This not an invariable pattern for monographs , but readers can usually expect that the central figure of a book will receive prominence at the expense of any other artists . |
| 3 | The years from 1966 to 1969 saw real GDP growing in excess of 10 per cent annually and , with growth at twice the level of Japan 's competitors , it was confidently expected that the substantial differences in productivity levels between large and small firms would be eroded . |
| 4 | It is also expected that the Physical Sciences Board will agree to forward to the General Board the name selected by the members of the department . |
| 5 | One concerns the cellular mechanisms underlying processes like learning and memory , since we might reasonably expect that the basic properties of nerve cells are the same in all species . |
| 6 | The tipsheet clearly expects that the aspiring author of romantic fiction is also a reader of the genre , and thus is familiar with its conventions : ‘ Think of what you as a reader would like to read . ’ |
| 7 | We firmly expect that the single market will benefit all English regions . |